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Jan 29^th, 2005 at 7:23am

Homer Simpson Ex Member
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hi all,
i have just received a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS. i was wondering if i can use it to repaint aircraft. if yes, can someone provide me with a link. if no, are there any freeware softwares that will allow me to repaint.

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Reply #1 - Jan 29^th, 2005 at 10:50am

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You can use any graphics program from Paint upwards to repaint an aircraft. So yes i should imagine your software will work fine. Its just a case of converting the texture file to editable format, using your software to alter them, and then converting back. This requires DXTbmp if you havnt already got it.

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Post back if you need to know any more

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Reply #2 - Jan 29^th, 2005 at 10:51am

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You can use any graphics program from Paint upwards to repaint an aircraft. So yes i should imagine your software will work fine. Its just a case of converting the texture file to editable format, using your software to alter them, and then converting back. This requires DXTbmp if you havnt already got it.

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Post back if you need to know any more

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Reply #3 - Jan 30^th, 2005 at 4:29am

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got it. wht files do i need to repaint? for ex. the default 777-300 in fs2k? ???

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Reply #4 - Jan 30^th, 2005 at 6:12am

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For default aircraft, generally the textures ending in _t.bmp

Add-on aircraft dont always conform to this, so you'll just have to open them up and see whats there

Feel free to give me a shout if you need any more help. Or there are some tutorials on my forums at www.repaints.tk

If you want to you can have a look at them. If you do i'd appreciate knowing if they are any use as it's my first try at tutorial writing. Thanks

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Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2005 at 3:06pm

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Adobe Photoshop is a bad place to start if you are starting.. difficult learning slope.

If you wanna get some skills before attempting or bone up on some old ones Roll Eyes

www.good-tutorials.com
Try and use the layers 'technique' to your benefit.

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Reply #6 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 2:05pm

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Adobe Photoshop is a bad place to start if you are starting.. difficult learning slope.

If you wanna get some skills before attempting or bone up on some old ones Roll Eyes

www.good-tutorials.com
Try and use the layers 'technique' to your benefit.

Regards,
www.a-v-a.4t.com

hmmm. nice website. i'll give it try though, its the best i got

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Reply #7 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 2:16pm

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i'll give it try though, its the best i got

If you mean Adobe Photoshop it's the best available according to the pros. It's an expensive professional quality graphics editor. I've never used it myself but it might take some learning to use it properly. Having the best & most expensive tools available doesn't guarantee success. The best tool in the world is no use at all if you don't know how to use it. Wink

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Reply #8 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 2:43pm

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Let's not forget the Simviation resources:

Paint kits:
http://www.simviation.com/fs_paintkits1.htm

Tutorials (Repainting and other):

http://www.simviation.com/fsdesign_tute1.htm

Many times we inadvertently point/link to other pages without reminding that here at Simviation we have good resources.

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